Apple Music Is Coming to Sonos Speakers

Apple Music will be offered for a free 3-month trial before the $10-per-month subscription rate kicks in.

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Apple Music is coming to iPhones, iPads and Macs on Tuesday. And before the end of the year, Apple’s new service will be streaming on Sonos systems, too.

On Sunday, Sonos spokesman Eric Nielsen told the Journal in an email that the company is currently working with Apple to make its Wi-Fi speakers compatible with Apple Music. (Nielsen could not provide more specific timing.) Apple also confirmed in an email that it’s working with Sonos on Apple Music compatibility.

Sonos is a pioneer when it comes to streaming speakers in the home, and its popular line of audio products currently streams music from Beats Music (which Apple Music will eventually replace) and the top rival streaming services including Spotify, Tidal, Rdio, Google Play Music, Pandora, Deezer and SoundCloud.

The Sonos compatibility signals that Apple is approaching Apple Music unlike most of its apps and service, which can only be found on Apple’s own hardware. In the next few months, Apple Music will be available as an Android app (like Beats Music), too.